This week, I gave a talk at the 2022 Charlotte Mason Inspired Summit about using living books for all subjects. I spoke about the advantages of living books over textbooks and the importance of engaging our children emotionally in the learning process.
As promised in the talk, below is a list of resources I mentioned on where to find living books and on living books by subject. If you’d like to watch the full recording of the talk, you can purchase lifetime access to all the summit recordings here.
Where to find living books?
- Lots of Charlotte Mason homeschool websites, such as Charlotte Mason Plenary
- Homeschool catalogs, such as Rainbow Resource
- Homeschool publishers, such as Living Book Press
- Books that compile book lists, such as Let the Authors Speak: A Guide to Worthy Books Based on Historical Setting by Carolyn Hatcher
- Homeschool curricula, such as Activity Guides for Story of the World
- Search Amazon.com for a book your family enjoyed and scroll down to see the Explore Similar Books section
- Talk to other homeschoolers and ask them for advice based on your kids’ interests and the books your family has enjoyed in the past
- Homeschool Facebook groups – feel free to ask for book recommendations in our group!
- Many great living books are out of print, but you might be able to find them in your library
History
See my previous blog posts about learning history through literature.
Science
- Full curriculum: Sassafras Science Adventures from Elemental Science
- Books about nature, such as One Day in… series by Jean Craighead George
- The Mystery of the Periodic Table by Benjamin Wiker
- Archimedes and the Door of Science by Jeanne Bendick
Geography
- Holling C. Holling books
- Historical or contemporary fiction that involves travel, such as Explorer Academy series by Trudi Trueit
Grammar
- Grammar-Land: Grammar in Fun for the Children of Schoolroom-Shire by M. L. Nesbitt
Math
- Full curriculum: Life of Fred by Dr Stanley Schmidt
- Lots of math living book recommendations at livingmath.net
I am always happy to discuss more book recommendations. Feel free to ask in our Facebook group!
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